Not even a temporary power outage, which postponed Friday night's baseball game for 15 minutes, could help the Bradwell Tigers in their Region 3-AAAAA contest against Effingham County. The Tigers fell, 10-0, to the hard-hitting Rebels, who opened the game with a solo home run in the first inning.

Former Long County High School basketball and football player Ricardo Rivera is playing basketball at Voorhees College, where the men's team just won the 2012-13 Association of Independent Institutions Division I college basketball title.

Several Bradwell Institute basketball players were named to the Class AAAAA All-Region team this week. For the boys, Tiger Miguel Pineda was named to the All-Region first team. Malcolm Dingle was named to the Honorable Mention Team.

Members of the Hinesville Hurricanes recently traveled to Long County to participate in Smiley Elementary School's Read Across America program. The players read to several of the classes, including Drew Toney's class, and several players signed a football and presented it to the school's media center. See more pictures of the event at www.coastalcourier.com.

University of Tennessee men's basketball coach Cuonzo Martin is campaigning on behalf of former Liberty County High School basketball player Jordan McRae to be named the Southeastern Conference player of the year.